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Government Publish Prostitution Consultation Results
The Government have at last published the strategy in response to their recent "Paying the Price" consultation on prostitution. In they say they will not be establishing toleration zones for street prostitution, the report states that the government will "reject...
Published: 17 January 2006
Petition on prostitution legislation
Just a quick note - the Feminist Coalition Against Prostition are petitioning the Prime Minister "to criminalise the purchase of sexual services so as to curb demand for prostitution and reduce sex trafficking; to decriminalise the sale of sex, and...
Published: 3 October 2008
Carnival
The first Carnival Against Pornography and Prostitution is here!...
Published: 29 January 2008
Is prostitution a valid career choice?
Today's Guardian has published responses and opinions from lots of distinguished media types about the forthcoming TV adaptation of Belle de Jour and about prostitution in general. I was going to provide a few choice quotes, but it's all so...
Published: 20 September 2007
Not for Sale
[Edited to link to a better version on the European Women's Lobby site. Thanks Anji - Catherine] At Ladyfest London I watched a very powerful and moving anti-prostitution documentary called "Not For Sale", by Marie Vermeiren. The film is available...
Published: 29 May 2008
Feminist Coalition Against Prostitution
Website Address: http://www.fcap.btik.com/A coalition of UK feminist individuals and groups who believe that prostitution is violence against women ...
Published: 6 April 2008
New poster to tackle prostitution
Perhaps not the most direct or effective method but the British government has launched it's new campaign to inform men using women engaged in prostitution that they may be breaking the law. So there we have it. The poster, which...
Published: 6 May 2008
Swedish prostitution policy failing?
The Swedish police have reported a rise in the number of prostitutes on the streets, possible evidence that the criminalising the act of buying sex has not worked. Boy, I hate bad news like this. The Swedish policy is...
Published: 30 December 2006
Banning prostitutes from hotels doesn't seem such a great idea...
Leftwing MEPs are calling on the European Parliament to bypass hotels that enable prostitution, reports EUObserver. Unfortunately, the story is a bit unspecific on what this means - if it means boycotting hotels that help businessmen find prostitutes to buy,...
Published: 25 September 2008
Feminist Coalition Against Prostitution launches February
A new coalition to put forward a feminist perspective against prostitution is to launch on Monday 11 February. The launch is a public event, with the invite extended to "all those who believe in real women's-rights rather than men's right...
Published: 17 January 2008
More on prostitution & consent
Twisty is back (and perhaps out of hiatus?) with an excellent interjection on the nature of the debate around the legalisation of prostitution, which also touches on wider issues of women's ability to fully consent to sex with men: These...
Published: 19 March 2008
Norway to adopt Swedish-style prostitution law
The Norwegian government is planning implement its promise to copy Sweden's approach to prostitution, which involves criminalising men who buy sex, while protecting people in prostitution from prosecution, reports Reuters. "People are not merchandise, and criminalising the purchase of sexual...
Published: 22 April 2008
Belle du Jour? Here's the real story
Belle du Jour has been commissioned for a second series. But this isn't a review of it. This is about the reality of prostitution in the UK. The Guardian has a piece on the realities of prostition for the (now...
Published: 11 December 2007
Guest blogger explains Swedish prostitution law conundrum
Back in December, we blogged about new evidence that appeared to show that Swedish prostitution legislation - which criminalises the men who buy sex not prostitutes - was failing to curb the oldest profession. This is of particular interest because...
Published: 12 February 2007
The Olympics and Trafficking
Now before y'all jump on me, I want to clearly state something. Not all non-UK women in prostitution are trafficked but here I am talking specifically about two distinct things 1. trafficked women for purposes of prostituting them and 2....
Published: 21 January 2009
Hungarian prostitutes to be given entrepreneur permits
Hungarian prostitutes will be allowed to apply for "entrepreneurial" work permits, reports WayOdd and M&C. Prostitution was already legal in Hungary, making it a target for sex-slave traffickers. I am not one of these people who supports the legalisation of...
Published: 28 September 2007
Pentameter 2 Trafficking Operation Frees Trafficked Women and Children
The BBC has just reported that 500 trafficked people including 12 children have been freed at the end of the Pentameter 2 operation. Lets just hope the Government does treat the trafficked women as victims of crime and not as...
Published: 2 July 2008
Sweden, prostitution, tax
Following on from the discussions raised by the Poppy Project's report on prostitution, and the ongoing debates over whether the UK should adopt the "Swedish model" - in which buying sex is outlawed, but selling sex is not - comes...
Published: 12 September 2008
Jack the Ripper, the exhibition...
Over at the End Violence Against Women blog, Finn Mackay has a review up of the new 'Jack the Ripper' exhibition at the Museum in Docklands. Anyway, I've been hearing a lot about this exhibition - both complaints about the...
Published: 5 June 2008
Rape prosecution of prostitutes' clients "long overdue"
The lead article of this week's New Statesman picks up the debate on prostitution with an attack on the men who use prostitutes. Joan Smith applauds the stance of being tough on the men who buy sex, and advocates we...
Published: 20 January 2006

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